Cold X-ray simulation technology development at Phoenix

Author

Nolting, E. ; Miles, L. ; Miller, J. ; Kenyon, V., III ; Spicer, W., Jr. ; Draper, J. ; Parsons, C. ; Warnock, F. ; Fisher, A. ; Peterson, G. ; Terry, R. ; Krishan, M. ; Prasad, R. ; Rondeau, G. ; Sethian, J. ; Pereira, N. ; Cochran, F. ; Smith, R.

Author_Institution

Carderock Div., Naval Surface Warfare Center, Silver Spring, MD, USA

fYear

1995

fDate

34899

Firstpage

93

Lastpage

98

Abstract

When operated in its plasma radiation source (PRS) mode, the Phoenix simulator employs a 1.6 MJ marx capacitor bank to drive a nominal 3/8 Ω diode. During its development, both aluminum wire and puff gas (argon and krypton) loads have been tested. To date, radiation outputs of 50 kJ aluminum and 20 kJ argon K-line radiation have been achieved at 65% of maximum energy storage. This paper emphasizes three aspects of the Phoenix PRS: (1) the operation of the fast rise time gas puff valve, (2) measurements of the implosion dynamics, and (3) the development of a solid deuterium debris shield

Keywords

X-ray production; X-rays; plasma diodes; pulse generators; pulsed power technology; 1.6 MJ; 20 kJ; 50 kJ; Al; Ar; Kr; Phoenix; aluminum wire; cold X-ray simulation technology; diode; energy storage; gas puff valve; implosion dynamics; marx capacitor bank; plasma radiation source; solid deuterium debris shield; Aluminum; Argon; Capacitors; Diodes; Energy storage; Plasma simulation; Plasma sources; Plasma x-ray sources; Testing; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Radiation Effects Data Workshop, 1995, NSREC '95 Workshop Record., 1995 IEEE

Conference_Location

Madison, WI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3100-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/REDW.1995.483406

Filename

483406